Family of Slain Los Angeles Deputy Shocked DA Gascón Not Seeking Death Penalty

“You can’t do this to families. We need to defend our law enforcement officers, and that’s not—that’s a disgrace,” Clinkunbroomer’s mother told ABC News.

Sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer's parents clasp arms with his fiancee Brittany Lindsey (R) during a news conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2023. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

Following the Los Angeles County district attorney’s announcement that his office will not pursue the death penalty for the suspect charged with murdering 30-year-old, newly engaged Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in front of the Palmdale station on Sept. 16, the mother of the slain deputy spoke out against the decision.

“You can’t do this to families. We need to defend our law enforcement officers, and that’s not—that’s a disgrace,” Kim Clinkunbroomer told ABC News’s Good Morning America Sept. 27. “It just seems that the district attorney wants to spare a life, when [the suspect] didn’t spare my son’s life—he executed my son.”